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black spot below the origin of vein 2 and the short streak beyond 

 the cell prominent, in others these marks are quite obsolete ; the 

 rufous line from apex and the submarginal line better defined. 

 Abdomen and hind wing darker brown, without the red tinge. 

 Hob. Ceylon. Exp., S 50, § 62 millim. 



238. Pydna eupatagia, n. sp. 



d . Head and thorax olive-brown ; collar and patagia violaceous 

 grey ; abdomen red-brown, the extremity grey. Fore wing whitish ; 

 the inner area violaceous grey ; a dark speck near the base and 

 streak on median nervure ; traces of an antemedial dentate line ; 

 a reddish patch in end of cell ; a denticulate postmedial dark line 

 met by an oblique streak from the apex and with some rufous 

 suffusion beyond it ; a series of submarginal black specks. Hind 

 wing fuscous with the apex whitish. 



The form from the N.W. Himalayas is paler, with the markings 

 of the fore wing less prominent. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas {Harford) ; Sikhim {Knyvett). Exp., 

 6 52, $ 36 millim. Type in coll. Knyvett. 



239. Pydna aurata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 64; C. # S. no. 1150. 



cf . Head and thorax orange fulvous, the collar grey ; abdomen 

 fuscous. Fore wing fulvous yellow, the basal and costal areas 

 golden; an orange streak from the base below median nervure; 

 some oblique orange striga? from the costa ; a black spot at end of 

 cell; a postmedial curved series of dark specks ; traces of a sub- 

 marginal line ; a marginal series of white lunules. Hind wing 

 fuscous ; the cilia ochreous. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 50 millim. 



240. Pydna fasciata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 66 ; C. $■ 8. no. 1182. 



3 • Head and thorax ochreous brown ; abdomen deep fuscous, 

 the dorsal tufts on first two segments long. Pore wing ochreous, 

 irrorated with brown and suffused with fuscous ; some fine pale 

 streaks inthe cell; a dark mark with some grey scales on it below 

 the cell ; the reniform spot pale ; a double postmedial series of 

 brown specks and marginal series of black specks. Hind wing 

 dark fuscous. 



Hub. Khasis. Exp. 50 millim. 



241. Pydna sikkima, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 64 ; C. $ S. no. 1152. 



Head and thorax bright ochreous ; collar pinkish grey; metathorax 

 with a fuscous tuft ; abdomen dull ochreous, fuscous at extremity, 

 and with a long tuft of 'hair. Tore wing bright ochreous, with a 

 slight fuscous suffusion on inner and outer areas ; traces of a dis- 

 coidal spot and medial and postmedial waved lines ; an indistinct 

 series of postmedial specks on the nervules ; two very indistinct 

 waved submarginal lines ; a marginal series of black specks, promi- 



